Brown Sands

Brown Sands
Lifting hands
To hold as we walk the heat drenched beach
Sun risin' 
Red horizon
Nearly within our striding reach

Footprints measure
Our mortal treasure
That is ours for a brief time
Between our toes
A mystery unfolds
Of rich, Brown Sands so fine
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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April 9, 2009 at 10:27 AM
The contrast human acitivity and the sands is such a perfect metaphor for our mortality. Tremendous poem, powerful lines.
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